"He didn't go in doing a skydive": Sustaining the illusion of control in an edgework activity

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 583-606

  Laurendeau, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Edgework; Fate; Risk; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846183566     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2006.49.4.583     Document Type: Article

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